Needto know more about strokes?

Big tooic: Stroke is when a portion of the brain dies from lack of blood flow, oxygen and nutrients. It can manifest in symptoms such as paralysis, loss of speech, changes in vision, unconsciousness, coma and death. Causes range from out of control hypertension, smoking, diabetes, high cholesterol, obesity, small vessels, trauma, collagen vascular diseases, vascular malformations and aneurysms.

Resources for stroke: You can learn more about stroke at the American Heart Association website http://www.strokeassociation.org/STROKEORG/